The Principality of Card2048 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, disturbing lack of elderly people, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 3.014 billion Card2048ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 38.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Card2048ian economy, worth 365 trillion Nies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,259 Nies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Anajs with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped, a valid legal defense is 'dead men tell no tales', building a phallus out of Minecraft blocks counts as indecent exposure, and theatre may or may not be changing for the better but it is being changed for good. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card2048's national animal is the Anaj, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Card2048 is ranked 272,969^th in the world and 10,193^rd in Balder for Most Beautiful Environments, with 21.32 pounds of wildlife per square mile.